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How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success is a book of parenting advice. The author, Julie Lythcott-Haims, is a former freshman dean at Stanford

• Language: English
• Publisher: Instaread, Inc
• Release date: May 17, 2016
• ISBN: 9781683781974

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How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success is a book of parenting advice. The author, Julie Lythcott-Haims, is a former freshman dean at Stanford University and the mother of two teenagers.

While at Stanford University, Lythcott-Haims noticed that her students lacked life skills. They could not care for themselves, they had no grit, and they did not know what they wanted to be or how to be an adult. She saw parents accompanying students on campus, doing their work for them, and applying for jobs on their behalf. Lythcott-Haims concluded that parents, in an attempt to give their children every opportunity and help them get into the best school, were overparenting to the degree that they were not raising independent adults.

Parents want to keep their children safe, and provide opportunities. They want them to go to the best colleges. Top universities today are very competitive and the economy presents challenges. To ensure success, parents overparent, creating a family dynamic that results in stressed children who do not have the skills to get through life and are very